Product Description: Kai Ruppert, ein in die Jahre gekommener Kommissar, hat seine Baustellen. Er ist verwitwet und lebt mit seinem Sohn Ulli unter einem Dach. Eines Tages wird er zu einem Tatort gerufen. Ein junger Mann liegt tot in einem Ruderboot. Spuren weisen darauf hin, dass Ulli in den Fall verwickelt ist...read more

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Product Description: Today, international sales contracts are frequently governed by the 1980 UN Convention on the International Sale of Goods (CISG). The CISG is in force in more than 60 states all over world — both industrial nations and developing countries...read more

Product Description: The Rome II Regulation creates a common regime of conflict of law rules for tort, unjust enrichment, negotiorum gestio, and culpa in contrahendo for (most of) the Member States of the EU. This book provides a concise and instructive article-by-article commentary which explains the underlying concepts and suggests solutions for problems that have arisen or may arise in the application of the Regulation...read more

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A critique of modern environmentalism argues that it actually hastens the destruction of forests, lakes, and oceans, and offers an alternative environmental agenda (view table of contents)

Examines the life of the first woman Supreme Court justice, including her childhood, early career, and work as a judge